2010 Speedway Grand Prix of Croatia
# 2010 Speedway Grand Prix of Croatia

The 2010 FIM Valvoline Croatian Speedway Grand Prix was the eighth race of the 2010 Speedway Grand Prix season. It took place on August 29 at the Stadium Milenium in Donji Kraljevec, Croatia.

It was scheduled to take place on August 28. However, the meeting was delay because the track was deemed unsuitable by the FIM Jury due to adverse weather conditions. The event will be re-staged on the next day at 12pm. It was second Grand Prix meeting which was re-staged at Sunday, after 1997 Speedway Grand Prix of Germany.

The first-ever Croatian Grand Prix was won by Greg Hancock from the United States, who beat British Chris Harris, World Champion Jason Crump and Fredrik Lindgren of Sweden in the Final. It was his eleventh Grand Prix winning. Hancock also won first-ever British (1995), Czech Republic (1997), Australian (2002) and Latvian (2006) Grands Prix. Croatian Grand Prix was 130th-ever Grand Prix meeting in history. Today winner, Greg Hancock is only rider who started in all 130 events. It was first final in the 2010 season without any Pole.

## Riders

The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Jurica Pavlic as Wild Card, and Matija Duh and József Tabaka both as Track Reserves. Injured Emil Sayfutdinov will be replaced by second Qualified Substitutes rider Davey Watt. The Draw was made on August 27 at 13:00 CEST by the Deputy-Mayor of Međimurje County.

    (3) Emil Sayfutdinov → (20) Davey Watt

It was the SGP debut for Matija Duh of Slovenia. Duh replaced Holder in Heat 19 and finished 4th scoring 0 points.

## Heat details

| Placing | Draw | Rider | Total | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Pts | Pos | 21 | 22 | 23 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 7 | (4) Greg Hancock | 22 | | 2 | | | | | 3 | | | | | 2 | 3 | | | | | 3 | | | 13 | 2 | | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | 10 | (14) Chris Harris | 21 | | | 3 | | | 2 | | | | | | 3 | | | 3 | | 3 | | | | 14 | 1 | 3 | | 2 |
| 3 | 14 | (1) Jason Crump | 17 | | | | 3 | | 3 | | | | | 2 | | 2 | | | | | | | 3 | 13 | 3 | | 2 | 1 |
| 4 | 1 | (9) Fredrik Lindgren | 11 | 3 | | | | 3 | | | | 2 | | | | 1 | | | | 0 | | | | 9 | 4 | 2 | | 0 |
| 5 | 3 | (2) Tomasz Gollob | 10 | 1 | | | | | | 0 | | | | 3 | | | | 2 | | | | 3 | | 9 | 5 | | 1 | |
| 6 | 6 | (13) Jarosław Hampel | 8 | | 0 | | | | 0 | | | 3 | | | | | | | 3 | | | 1 | | 7 | 6 | 1 | | |
| 7 | 13 | (12) Chris Holder | 7 | | | | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | 1 | | 3 | | | | | M/- | | 7 | 7 | 0 | | |
| 8 | 5 | (7) Rune Holta | 6 | | 3 | | | 0 | | | | | 3 | | | | | 0 | | | | | 0 | 6 | 8 | | F4 | |
| 9 | 16 | (8) Kenneth Bjerre | 6 | | | | 0 | | | | 3 | 0 | | | | | | 1 | | | 2 | | | 6 | 9 | | | |
| 10 | 4 | (15) Tai Woffinden | 6 | 0 | | | | | | | 2 | | | | 0 | | | | 2 | | | | 2 | 6 | 10 | | | |
| 11 | 15 | (3) Davey Watt | 6 | | | | 1 | | | 1 | | | 2 | | | | | | 0 | 2 | | | | 6 | 11 | | | |
| 12 | 12 | (5) Andreas Jonsson | 6 | | | 2 | | | | | 1 | | 1 | | | X | | | | | | 2 | | 6 | 12 | | | |
| 13 | 9 | (11) Magnus Zetterström | 6 | | | 1 | | 2 | | | | | | 1 | | | | | 1 | | 1 | | | 6 | 13 | | | |
| 14 | 11 | (16) Jurica Pavlic | 5 | | | 0 | | | | 2 | | 1 | | | | | 1 | | | | | | 1 | 5 | 14 | | | |
| 15 | 8 | (6) Nicki Pedersen | 4 | | 1 | | | | | | 0 | | | 0 | | | 2 | | | 1 | | | | 4 | 15 | | | |
| 16 | 2 | (10) Hans N. Andersen | 3 | 2 | | | | | 1 | | | | 0 | | | | 0 | | | | 0 | | | 3 | 16 | | | |
| 17 | 17 | (17) Matija Duh | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 | | 0 | 17 | | | |
| 18 | 18 | (18) József Tabaka | - | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | - | 18 | | | |
| Placing | Draw | Rider | Total | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Pts | Pos | 21 | 22 | 23 |

e: retired or mechanical failure • m: exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t: exclusion for touching the tapes • x: other exclusion • f: fell ns: non-starter • nc: non-classify Semi-finals: Heat 21: Riders placed 1st, 4th, 6th & 7th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats) Heat 22: Riders placed 2nd, 3rd, 5th & 8th in the intermediate classification (after 20 heats) Big Final (heat 23): The first and second placed riders in each of the Semi-Finals

| gate A – inside | gate B | gate C | gate D – outside |
| - | - | - | - |

### Heat after heat

* Lindgren, Andersen, Gollob, Woffinden
* Holta, Hancock, Pedersen, Hampel
* Harris, Jonsson, Zetterstroem, Pavlic
* Crump, Holder, Watt, Bjerre
* Lindgren, Zetterstroem, Holder, Holta
* Crump, Harris, Andersen, Hampel
* Hancock, Pavlic, Watt, Gollob
* Bjerre, Woffinden, Jonsson, Pedersen
* Hampel, Lindgren, Pavlic, Bjerre
* Holta, Watt, Jonsson, Andersen
* Gollob, Crump, Zetterstroem, Pedersen
* Harris, Hancock, Holder, Woffinden
* Hancock, Crump, Lindgren, Jonsson (X)
* Holder, Pedersen, Pavlic, Andersen
* Harris, Gollob, Bjerre, Holta
* Hampel, Woffinden, Zetterstroem, Watt
* Harris, Watt, Pedersen, Lindgren
* Hancock, Bjerre, Zetterstroem, Andersen
* Gollob, Jonsson, Hampel, Duh (Holder - M)
* Crump, Woffinden, Pavlic, Holta

    Semi-Finals:
* Harris, Lindgren, Hampel, Holder
* Hancock, Crump, Gollob, Holta (F4)

    The Final:
* Hancock, Harris, Crump, Lindgren

## The intermediate classification

* Qualifies for next season's Grand Prix series
* Full-time Grand Prix rider
* Wild card, track reserve or qualified reserve

| Pos. | Rider | Points | EUR | SWE | CZE | DEN | POL | GBR | SCA | CRO | NOR | ITA | PL2 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | (2) Tomasz Gollob | 117 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 24 | 12 | 17 | 10 | | | |
| 2 | (13) Jarosław Hampel | 110 | 18 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 15 | 17 | 10 | 8 | | | |
| 3 | (1) Jason Crump | 107 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 17 | | | |
| 4 | (7) Rune Holta | 82 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 8 | 20 | 6 | | | |
| 5 | (8) Kenneth Bjerre | 81 | 10 | 20 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 6 | | | |
| 6 | (4) Greg Hancock | 75 | 4 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 22 | | | |
| 7 | (12) Chris Holder | 73 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 6 | 7 | | | |
| 8 | (14) Chris Harris | 72 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 21 | | | |
| 9 | (9) Fredrik Lindgren | 65 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 11 | | | |
| 10 | (10) Hans N. Andersen | 64 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 3 | | | |
| 11 | (5) Andreas Jonsson | 61 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | | | |
| 12 | (6) Nicki Pedersen | 55 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 4 | | | |
| 13 | (11) Magnus Zetterström | 52 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | |
| 14 | (15) Tai Woffinden | 37 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | |
| 15 | (3) Emil Sayfutdinov | 33 | 14 | 8 | 5 | – | – | – | 6 | – | | | |
| 16 | (16) Janusz Kołodziej | 12 | 12 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | | |
| 17 | (20) Davey Watt | 12 | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | – | 6 | | | |
| 18 | (16) Thomas H. Jonasson | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | – | | | |
| 19 | (16) Antonio Lindbäck | 6 | – | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | | | |
| 20 | (16) Adrian Miedziński | 6 | – | – | – | – | 6 | – | – | – | | | |
| 21 | (16) Jurica Pavlic | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | | | |
| 22 | (19) Piotr Protasiewicz | 5 | – | – | – | 0 | 5 | – | – | – | | | |
| 23 | (16) Scott Nicholls | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | | | |
| 24 | (16) Matěj Kůs | 3 | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | | | |
| 25 | (16) Leon Madsen | 3 | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | | | |
| 26 | (18) Ludvig Lindgren | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | | | |
| 27 | (17) Nicolai Klindt | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | | | |
| 28 | (17) Linus Sundström | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | | | |
| 29 | (17) Luboš Tomíček, Jr. | 0 | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | | | |
| 30 | (17) Artur Mroczka | 0 | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | | | |
| 31 | (17) Matija Duh | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | | | |
| 32 | (18) Zdeněk Simota | 0 | – | – | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | | | |
| Rider(s) not classified ||||||||||||||
| | (17) Damian Baliński | — | ns | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | | |
| | (17) Simon Gustafsson | — | – | ns | – | – | – | – | – | – | | | |
| | (17) Ben Barker | — | – | – | – | – | – | ns | – | – | | | |
| | (18) Maciej Janowski | — | ns | – | – | – | ns | – | – | – | | | |
| | (18) Dennis Andersson | — | – | ns | – | – | – | – | – | – | | | |
| | (18) Patrick Hougaard | — | – | – | – | ns | – | – | – | – | | | |
| | (18) Daniel King | — | – | – | – | – | – | ns | – | – | | | |
| | (18) József Tabaka | — | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ns | | | |
| Pos. | Rider | Points | EUR | SWE | CZE | DEN | POL | GBR | SCA | CRO | NOR | ITA | PL2 |
